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		danielweber on March 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto's official denial of Bitco... For better or for worse[1], we have a very strong protections on speech in the US. Although the specifics need to be addressed by his lawyer, in general Dorian needs to prove Newsweek did wrong, and that's a tough hurdle. [1] I think "for better" but this is showing one of the sadder side effects.

rmc on March 17, 2014 [–]

And it's examples like this that show why I think the USA's "right to free speech at the expensive of right to privacy" is bad IMO

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